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Thursday, April 21. 2011

Holy Week, Maundy Thursday

 


"The Last Supper" is thought to have been a Passover seder. That supper was the source of Communion: "For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes again."


In our church, we remember this event with a group Passover supper on Maundy (Middle English, "holy") Thursday, eaten in silence. No wine, though, as a consideration to the abstinent.


Below, Bassano's Last Supper (1542), depicting the reaction to Jesus' prediction that one of them would betray him.



 

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Maundy Thursday gets its name from the Latin word mandatum, which means "commandment." Near the end of the Last Supper, after Judas had departed, Christ said to His disciples, "A new commandment I give unto you: That you love one another, as I have loved you, that you also love one another."

Also Known As: Holy Thursday, Great and Holy Thursday (used by Eastern Catholics and Eastern Orthodox)
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#1 Ortho on 2011-04-21 12:44 (Reply)
Maundy from Middle English via Old French via Latin.
#2 Bird Dog on 2011-04-21 12:53 (Reply)
And why not no food, as a consideration to those on a diet?
#3 Big___Al on 2011-04-21 21:14 (Reply)

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